land forces

plural noun

1. armed forces serving on land

Example Sentences

The argument that land forces have special strategic significance is weak.

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(b) When Gelo promised to help the Greeks with twenty thousand land forces and two hundred decked ships,Gelo.

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Then, besides these land forces, there were half a million of men in the fleet.

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This enumeration, it must be remembered, included the land forces alone.

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They knew then that Athens would be the next point of resistance by the land forces.

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Moreover the brigantines had not fared much better on this disastrous day than the land forces.

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